Written question asked by Ian Cawsey (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 January 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 January 2000. It was answered by Baroness Quin (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 January 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Question: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the estimated cost to the pig sector is of the Spongiform Encephalopathies' Advisory Committee's requirement to remove and dispose of offal. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 17 January 2000).

Answer: Mr. Cawsey: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the estimated cost to the pig sector is of the Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee's requirement to remove and dispose of offal. [105138] Ms Quin: [Holding answer 17 January 2000]: The Sponigform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) has no such requirement for the pig sector. The cost to the pig sector of the legal ban on using mammalian meat and bone meat in farm animal feed has been estimated by the Meat and Livestock Commission as £5.26 per pig.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 343 c188-9W;343 c189-90W; 105138
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Costs Pigs Livestock industry Offal Waste disposal BSE Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee Pigmeat
Contains statistics: Yes